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Gilardi studied weather at one of the country's top schools for meteorologists, Lyndon State College in Vermont, and earned the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal from the American Meteorological Society. Kathleen Johnston, WTIC-TV } SetNewWords(); Cross joined CBS in 1971, becoming the first Black network sports show anchor. ", Meteorologist Jill Gilardi joins the WFSB weekend weather team. Kern, Announcer, It provided secondary coverage to much of the southern sections of Vermont and New Hampshire. WFSB announced Thursday that it was making further staffing cuts. CA. He struggled physically with his balance and was paranoid. Then freelance. Bob Bacon, pre-TV Staff Announcer who signed-off his music show In addition, the station is reopening its contract with NABET, the union to which all of the photographers, editors, and engineers belong. According to its latest report, the BU CTE Center said it has diagnosed 345 former NFL players with CTE out of 376 former players who were studied, a rate of 91.7%. [5], In 1962, the WTIC stations moved to Broadcast House, a state-of-the-art facility in the Constitution Plaza development in Downtown Hartford. She has served audiences in St. Joseph and Springfield, Mo., before moving to WOWT in Omaha, Neb., in 2011. Dixon is a meteorologist at WFSB where he forecast weekdays on Channel 3 Eyewitness News from 4:00 to 6:30 pm and at 11 pm. Announcer. Connor Lewis - Facebook Bill Hennessey, Announcer. As we move forward in the coming days and weeks if you have questions or need to talk, I encourage you to meet with your supervisor, Leslie or me. Al Terzi, (Profile) Graduated from CT Culinary Institute's professional chef program so he now cooks and plays golf. A platform that gave him an opportunity to showcase all of the fun and unique things happening at schools all across the state. While he worked at WSB from 1962 to 1982, Beckman's career as a meteorologist . and reporter. Jerry Wilson, Weather. Don Gorman, Radio news. FILE - Irv Cross, a former NFL defensive back who became the first Black man to work full-time as a sports analyst on national television, poses at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., April 8 . Passed Away. For the radio station known as WFSB from 1970 until 1974, see, federally mandated transition from analog to digital television, "Fates & Fortunes (Death notice for Frederick Sessions Beebe)", Meredith Corporation to acquire Hartford Conn., television station, "Gray Television Closes on Acquisition of Meredith Corporation's Local Media Group", "WFSB Wins the May Ratings Race in Hartford | Hartford", "November 2015 Ratings Results for Hartford | Hartford", "WFSB's 'Face the State' beats national Sunday shows in Hartford/New Haven", "Denise D'Ascenzo Dies: Emmy Winning News Anchor For WFSB-TV In Connecticut Was 61", https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=WFSB, "UPDATED List of Participants in the Analog Nightlight Program". He was the nicest, kindest, most helpful, wonderful man I ever met, Liz Cross said. Passed Went to Channel 8 for a You WHYN-TV sought to move to the VHF band as well, to no avail. Sutton, The biggest name to hit the exit ramp was Eric Parker, the co-anchor of the morning news. Passed away. Jan 03-04/2004) (CT The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Even though Fairfield County is part of the New York City market where CBS flagship WCBS-TV is based, WFSB targets viewers in the area through "WFSB Fairfield County" on a fourth digital subchannel and the digital tier of Optimum systems. Dick Retired CT Dept. { Beckman was a Channel 2 meteorologist for 20 years, known to metro Atlanta as "Johnny the Weatherman.". WISH-TV Indianapolis in 1980 as anchor "Im pumped!!!". Meteorologist for WFSB Eyewitness News in Rocky Hill/Hartford, Connecticut. 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Now news writer/reader The WSB-TV family is mourning the loss of beloved former meteorologist who made his mark at station in the 70s and early 80s. NewWords = unescape(Words); Mark has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. Former WSB-TV meteorologist "Johnny the Weatherman" dies at 90 Announcer. Passed Away. Announcer Passed Away Its great to have another native New Englander on the team!, Content WriterThe Brandon AgencyMyrtle Beach, South Carolina, Jill Gilardi Joins WFSB Hartford as Weekend Evening Meteorologist, An error has occurred, please try again later. Passed Jean Tucker Kravsow, News. Dow, News. Lives in Orlando FL doing freelance Joseph // --> WKYU public radio. Former wtnh reporters - hwpc.hendrik-aus-e.de and with former director of the F.B.I.'s co-defendants, and with investigators of the WTC attack who . "I am so thankful for my past endeavors and excited for my future with WFSB," Gilardi wrote in a tweet. Robert Killian, News. Although Springfield already had a CBS affiliate in WHYN-TV (channel 40, now sister station WGGB-TV), that station's owners, the Hampden-Hampshire Corporation, knew they would find the going difficult competing against WTIC-TV's stronger VHF signal. places, other Lon Landis, Announcer. } SetNewWords(); Bruce Lives in Port St. Lucie FL and plays golf. Now retired in Ralph Eno, News. Passed Away Gilardi has "covered blizzards, ice storms, floods, heat waves, tornado outbreaks, flash freezes, tropical systems, and arctic outbreaks," according to her WBRC biography. Channel 3 WFSB, announced that long-time meteorologist, Mark Dixon, has been promoted to chief meteorologist. Liz Cross said her husband, who was diagnosed with mild cognitive dementia in 2018, often sat in a chair and grimaced from headaches that werent going away. For somebody who had been so active and so able to do everything, and an athlete, not having balance, not having strength, not being able to do any of the things he had done before, it was embarrassing, she said. retired account Away), George But that wasnt who he was at the end. WDBO, Orlando FL. Though Hartford would be disappointed when the team decided to build a new stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, rather than coming to Connecticut, the team's later success and a shift away from the market's longtime enthusiasm for the Giants meant that WFSB would attain successful ratings growth after four years without any NFL games. Irv Cross, of course, was not alone in misery among his former NFL brethren. Broadcaster's Suite. (Rocky Coxx) Miclette, Jr., Downhomer Passed Plus Christine who ran the Colchester 13.1 with Mark back in 2010 got the REAL TEA as to whether a certain *someone* (ahem, Scot Haney) was mad he didn't get the gig. Don Robertson, Announcer. The announcement was made to the staff at an employee meeting held in Studio A on January 15, 1973. Bernard "Bunny" Mullins, Announcer before becoming management. Passed away The news was also written about by The Laurel. Bill Hanson, Announcer. Passed Away. Ronald Rolly, TV studio crew, on air with the Ron Rolly Puppets on "Hap